Committee  on  Cooperation 
in  Latin  America 


Report  for  1921 


New  York  City 

25  M  adison  Ave. 


This  committee  was  constituted  by  and  represents 
the  various  mission  boards  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada  which  sustain  evangelical  work  in  Latin 
America. 

Robert  E.  Speer^  Chairman. 

William  I.  Haven,  Acting  Chairman. 
Samuel  G.  Inman,  Executive  Secretary. 
Webster  E.  Browning,  Educational  Secretary. 
John  Orts  Gonzales,  Spanish  Editor. 


COOPERATION  IN  LATIN  AMERICA 

REPORT  FOR  THE  YEAR  1921 


The  Committee  on  Cooperation :  Robert  E.  Speer,  Chairman;  William  C,  Brown, 
Vice-Chairman;  William  I,  Haven,  Vice-Chairman;  Samuel  G.  Inman,  Executive  Secre¬ 
tary;  Webster  E.  Browning,  Educational  Secretary;  Juan  Orts  Gonzales,  Editor  of  Span¬ 
ish  Publications;  James  H.  Post,  Treasurer;  Mrs.  Anna  R.  Atwater,  George  I.  Babcock, 
L.  C.  Barnes,  B,  W.  Beede,  Enoch  F.  Bell,  Mrs.  F.  S.  Bennett.  C.  L.  Brown,  Frank  L. 
Brown,  Fred  L.  Brownlee,  James  Cannon,  Jr.,  Miss  Carrie  J.  Carnahan,  Miss  Esther 
Case,  S.  H.  Chester,  E.  T.  Colton,  Paul  de  Schweinitz,  C.  S.  Detweiler,  Harry  Farmer, 
D,  D.  Forsyth,  E.  M.  Halford,  Francis  J.  McConnell,  John  A.  Marquis,  Wilson  P.  Minton, 
John  R.  Mott,  S.  G.  Neil,  Frank  Mason  North,  Eben  E.  Olcott,  E,  H.  Rawlings,  Fleming 
H.  Revell,  Frank  K.  Sanders,  George  Smith,  A.  C.  Snead,  W.  A.  Spicer,  H.  E.  Stillwell, 
Miss  Harriet  E.  Taylor,  Miss  Edna  Voss,  Mrs.  K.  S.  Westfall,  W.  Reginald  Wheeler, 
Mrs.  May  L.  Woodruff,  S.  G.  Ziegler. 

Five  years  have  passed  since  the  holding  of  the  Panama 
Congress  in  1916.  It  is  therefore  a  good  time  to  survey  the  mis¬ 
sionary  situation  in  Latin  America  and  to  inquire  whether  the 
Panama  Congress  and  the  activities  of  the  Committee  on  Coopera¬ 
tion  in  Latin  America  have  led  to  improvement  and  enlargement  of 
the  missionary  work  in  Latin  America.  The  Committee  on  Survey 
has  recently  studied  comparatively  the  work  of  Mission  Boards  in 
Latin  America  in  1916  and  in  1921.  Among  the  twenty-five  Boards 
reporting,  each  one  shows  real  progress,  and  the  total  gain  is 
inspiring. 

The  annual  cost  of  maintenance  for  these  twenty-five  Boards 
has  grown  from  $1,268,585  in  1916  to  $2,577,877  in  1921,  showing 
the  remarkable  increase  of  115  per  cent.  Property  increases  have 
been  from  $6,494,000  to  $9,789,000,  or  51  per  cent.  Foreign  mis¬ 
sionaries,  maintained  by  these  Boards,  have  increased  from  771  in 
this  five  year  period  to  1,066,  or  39  per  cent.  The  table  which 
accompanies  this  report,  showing  the  increase  by  individual  Boards, 
suggests  most  interesting  stories  of  devotion  and  sacrifice. 

There  has  also  been  a  remarkable  increase  in  the  interest  in 
Latin  America,  as  shown  by  the  Churches  and  the  public  in  general. 
This  fact  is  illustrated  by  the  last  convention  of  the  Student  Volun¬ 
teer  Movement  at  Des  Moines,  where,  out  of  a  total  enrollment  of 
about  7,000,  there  were  2,100  who  attended  the  meeting  to  consider 
missionary  service  in  Latin  America. 

DIVISION  OF  TERRITORIAL  RESPONSIBILITY 

The  situation  on  the  mission  field  itself,  as  related  to  cooperation, 
has  been  completely  changed  in  practically  all  of  the  twenty  Latin 
American  republics.  A  well-considered  division  of  territory  has 
been  accepted  in  nearly  all  of  the  fields.  The  most  remarkable 
program  for  distribution  of  territorial  responsibility,  probably  un¬ 
equalled  in  any  other  mission  field  in  the  world,  is  that  which  has 

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Five  Years  of  Latin  American  Missions 


now  been  completely  carried  out  in  Mexico.  In  Central  America 
each  one  of  the  republics  is  definitely  assigned  as  the  special  responsi¬ 
bility  of  a  particular  Board.  In  Cuba,  by  the  withdrawal  of  two 
Mission  Boards  and  the  readjustment  of  territory  among  others,  a 
situation  which  was  formerly  most  unsatisfactory  has  now  been 
adjusted  so  as  to  eliminate  almost  all  overlapping.  In  Porto  Rico 
the  excellent  zone  system,  the  only  national  agreement  concerning 
territory  in  all  of  Latin  America  before  the  organization  of  the 
Committee  on  Cooperation  in  Latin  America,  continues  to  be  satis¬ 
factory.  In  Peru  three  Mission  Boards  have  arrived  at  an  agree¬ 
ment  as  to  territory,  though  there  are  still  minor  difficulties  to  be 
settled.  In  Bolivia  the  same  is  true.  In  Chile  the  Presbyterians  and 
Methodists,  the  two  Boards  doing  the  greater  part  of  the  work,  have, 
by  exchanging  territory,  improved  former  agreements  and  eliminated 
all  overlapping.  In  Paraguay  the  Methodist  Board  has  withdrawn, 
leaving  that  field  to  the  Disciples  of  Christ.  In  Uruguay  the 
Methodist  Board  is  the  only  member  of  the  Committee  on  Coopera¬ 
tion  in  Latin  America.  In  Argentina  and  Brazil,  the  two  largest 
South  American  countries, -there  has  been  much  readjustment  be¬ 
tween  the  various  Boards  since  the  holding  of  the  Panama  Congress. 
There  is  yet  to  be  worked  out,  however,  a  national  division  of 
territorial  responsibility  in  these  countries.  Venezuela  and  Colombia 
are  still  the  peculiar  responsibility  of  the  Presbyterian  Mission  Board. 
Ecuador,  where  the  Christian  and  Missionary  Alliance  is  the  only 
Board  at  work,  awaits  the  help  of  another  strong  missionary  organiza¬ 
tion.  Work  especially  for  the  Indians  has  been  much  discussed,  but 
it  remains  the  one  great  field  in  which  there  is  scarcely  any  practical 
result  to  show  for  all  the  agitation. 

UNION  INSTITUTIONS 

The  development  of  union  institutions  has  been  encouraging,  as 
the  following  list  will  show:  (1)  Union  theological  seminaries  in 
Mexico,  Porto  Rico,  Chile,  Argentina  and  Brazil;  (2)  Union  papers 
and  bookstores  in  Mexico,  Porto  Rico,  Cuba  and  Chile;  (3)  Union 
literature  work  in  Brazil  and  Santo  Domingo ;  plans  are  now  being 
developed  for  such  work  in  Argentina;  (4)  a  Union  college  and  a 
woman’s  training  school  in  Argentina;  (5)  federated  educational 
work  in  Chile  and  Brazil;  (6)  Union  hospitals  in  Alexico,  Santo 
Domingo  and  Brazil;  (7)  a  Union  organization  in  Santo  Domingo, 
an  entirely  new  plan  for  administering  the  whole  work  which  five 
denominational  Boards  support  through  a  central  administrative 
body. 

In  Montevideo  there  is  about  to  be  inaugurated  the  largest  of  all 
of  the  projects  developed  through  the.  Committee  on  Cooperation  in 
Latin  America.  This  is  to  be  not  only  an  interdenominational  but  an 
international  institution  for  the  graduate  training  of  men  and  women 
for  leadership  in  the  pastorate  and  in  the  social  work  of  the  Church. 
The  plan  of  this  institution  indicates  something  of  the  range  of  the 

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Committee  on  Cooperation  in  that  that  work  has  taken  into  its  pur¬ 
view  not  only  what  all  the  Mission  Boards  are  doing,  but  the  whole 
social,  economic  and  religious  conditions  of  all  twenty  Latin  American 
republics.  This  is  the  only  part  of  the  world  where  a  continent  and 
a  half  speaks  practically  the  same  language  and  has,  essentially,  the 
same  problems  and  ideals.  It  is  inspiring  to  plan  a  united  program 
for  a  whole  country.  But  to  serve  one  of  the  great  sections  of  the 
world,  embracing  twenty  republics,  is  a  far  more  challenging  task. 

Ten  regional  committees,  covering  the  various  sections  of  Latin 
America,  have  been  organized.  Through  these,  the  missions  on  the 
field  have  developed  their  cooperative  programs.  To  this  close  co¬ 
operation  on  the  field,  as  much  as  to  the  great  increase  in  expenditures 
by  the  Boards  themselves,  is  due  the  remarkable  increase  in  influence 
of  evangelical  missionary  work  as  seen  today  in  Latin  America. 

Quite  as  remarkable  a  development  has  taken  place  in  the  service 
side  of  the  work  in  Latin  America.  Community  activities,  medical 
work  and  many  forms  of  social  service  have  contributed  to  strengthen 
greatly  the  evangelical  work  in  the  eyes  of  the  public. 

STRONG  INFLUENCE  OF  EVANGELICAL  WORK 

The  present  development  of  this  work  and  its  influence  will 
surprise  those  who  have  not  followed  it  closely.  The  city  of  Rio 
de  Janeiro  is  the  largest  center  of  the  Protestant  Church  in  the 
Latin  world,  if  Paris  is  not  to  be  excepted.  There  are  more  than 
one  hundred  preaching  points  in  that  city  and  its  suburbs.  The 
Pastors’  Association  has  a  membership  of  sixty-five.  One  of  the 
churches,  with  a  thousand  members,  has  an  annual  budget  of  $15,000 
and  supports  fourteen  missions.  The  large  dailies  of  Brazil  give 
continuous  notices  of  the  evangelical  work,  and  members  of  that 
church  occupy  important  places  in  the  government.  In  Santiago, 
Chile,  there  are  now  sixty-four  foreign  missionaries.  The  two 
evangelical  schools  are  counted  as  among  the  most  important  ethical 
and  educational  influences  in  all  of  Chile.  Missionaries  are  called 
to  teach  in  the  University  and  occupy  prominent  places  in  social 
movements.  In  Buenos  Aires  the  Young  Men’s  Christian  Associa¬ 
tion  has  over  3,000  members.  On  its  staff  are  found  some  of  the 
best  known  leaders  in  social  reform  in  Argentina.  Montevideo 
boasts  of  the  finest  Spanish-speaking  evangelical  church  building  in 
the  world.  The  influence  of  the  evangelicals  is  very  strong,  a  jus¬ 
tice  of  the  supreme  court  and  other  men  of  leadership  being  mem¬ 
bers  of  that  church.  In  Lima,  Peru, .  one  of  the  missionaries  has 
been  elected  a  regular  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  exclusive  Uni¬ 
versity  of  San  Marcos.  In  the  City  of  Mexico  an  audience  of  a 
thousand  often  gathers  on  a  Sunday  evening  in  one  of  the  churches, 
which  has  a  Sunday  School  of  some  eight  hundred  members.  In 
Porto  Rico  the  evangelical  church  is  recognized  as  the  most  aggres¬ 
sive  force  for  social  reform. 


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The  old  discussion  whether  the  simple  evangelical  church  can  ever 
satisfy  the  Latin  temperament  with  its  love  for  display  and  cere¬ 
mony,  or  the  other  question  whether  Protestant  missions  to  South 
Americans  were  justified  or  would  be  welcomed  by  them — these 
discussions,  in  the  light  of  actual  developments,  have  ceased  to  have 
living  value.  In  modern  parlance,  the  Evangelical  Church  in  South 
America  “has  arrived.”  A  certain  type  of  publicists,  ecclesiastics, 
politicians  and  sentimentalists  may  go  on  ignoring  or  opposing  this 
fact.  But  no  real  student  of  the  social  life  of  the  Continent,  what¬ 
ever  may  be  his  likes  or  dislikes,  will  fail  to  recognize  this  grow- 
ingly  important  situation. 

Organizers  of  the  Panama  Congress  and  workers  in  the  Com¬ 
mittee  on  Cooperation  in  Latin  America  may  well  take  courage  at 
the  part  this  movement  has  had  in  bringing  the  evangelical  work  to 
its  present  strength.  The  dif¥erence  between  the  impact  of  the 
evangelical  work  in  the  community  as  seen  in  visits  in  1914  and  in 
1921  is  truly  remarkable.  It  has  been  brought  about  by  a  united 
study  of  the  task,  a  united  program  of  action,  the  presentation  of 
a  united  front  before  the  community  and  a  broader,  more  positive, 
more  comprehensive  conception  of  the  service  to  be  rendered. 

In  his  most  recent  trip  to  South  America,  the  Executive  Secre¬ 
tary  took  occasion  to  inquire  definitely  from  the  missionaries  in 
each  one  of  the  fields  whether  they  thought  that  the  regional  com¬ 
mittees  had  accomplished  their  purpose  and  now  might  be  allowed 
to  disintegrate,  or  whether  there  was  still  a  real  work  before  them. 
He  found  unanimous  and  enthusiastic  sentiment  in  favor  of  the 
work  of  these  committees  and  a  feeling  that  they  have  contributed 
very  largely  to  the  wise  development  of  mission  work  and  should 
not  only  be  continued  but  broadened  in  scope.  Even  where  mis¬ 
understandings  were  making  cooperation  very  difficult,  as  in  Peru, 
the  need  of  it  was  still  clearly  recognized. 

The  Committee  on  Cooperation  has  always  tried  to  keep  its 
program  practical.  While  it  has  done  much  toward  interesting 
the  membership  of  the  churches  and  the  general  public  in  Latin 
America,  it  has  purposely  avoided  expending  its  energies  in  a  gen¬ 
eral  program  of  propaganda  for  the  cause,  having  largely  concen¬ 
trated  its  efiforts  on  securing  the  definite  advancement  of  missionary 
work  in  the  field. 

OUTSTANDING  ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

The  following  may  be  mentioned  as  outstanding  achievements 
on  the  field  for  1921:  p)  The  opening  of  a  hospital  in  Santo 
Domingo,  the  $3,000  equipment  being  presented  by  the  evangelical 
forces  of  Porto  Rico.  This  is  the  first  instance  in  Latin  America 
of  a  united  missionary  effort  on  one  field  for  the  benefit  of  another 
Latin-American  country.  (2)  The  enlargement  and  better  equip¬ 
ment  of  the  union  press  and  bookstore  in  Mexico  City.  (3)  The 
beginning  of  a  rest  home  for  missionaries  in  Brazil.  (4)  The 

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opening  of  an  office  in  Rio  de  Janeiro  for  union  headquarters  for 
Evangelical  workers.  (5)  Development  of  plans  for  a  union  book¬ 
store  in  Buenos  Aires.  (6)  Formal  recognition  of  the  Evangelical 
work  by  the  governments  of  Mexico,  Chile  and  Brazil.  (7)  A 
survey  of  Brazil  showing  103,000  Protestants  and  430,000  adherents 
to  the  Protestant  Church.  (8)  The  organization  of  a  union  com¬ 
mittee  in  Brazil  for  the  development  of  work  among  Indians.  (9) 
The  inauguration  of  the  united  forward  movement  called  “Porto 
Rico  for  Christ.” 

ENLARGED  RELATIONS 

The  Committee  continues  to  enlarge  its  relationships,  not  only 
with  church  organizations  but  with  other  organizations  interested 
in  Latin  Afnerica,  such  as  educational  associations,  colleges  and 
universities,  publishing  houses  and  organizations  interested  in  inter¬ 
national  friendship.  The  trip  of  the  Executive  Secretary  to  South 
America  and  Europe,  from  March  to  July  of  this  present  year, 
brought  a  number  of  increased  relationships.  These  had  to  do,  in 
the  first  place,  with  universities  in  which  he  was  invited  to  lecture. 
Contacts  were  also  made  with  leading  journalists  and  other  intel¬ 
lectuals  of  South  America.  In  a  visit  to  Spain  to  study  especially 
the  question  of  literature,  connections  were  made  with  leading  pub¬ 
lishers  and  with  the  evangelical  workers,  who  strongly  desired  the 
working  out  of  a  close  relationship  between  them  and  the  Committee 
on  Cooperation  in  Latin  America.  In  France,  after  a  conference 
with  leaders  of  the  evangelical  movement,  a  committee  was  ap¬ 
pointed  to  consider  the  sending  of  lecturers  to  South  America  and 
the  translation  of  some  of  the  best  French  books  on  apologetics 
into  Spanish.  In  Great  Britain,  a  meeting  of  the  secretaries  of 
Boards  having  work  in  Latin  America  resulted  later  in  the  organi¬ 
zation  of  a  British  Committee  on  Cooperation.  At  a  meeting  at 
Lake  Mohonk,  where  the  International  Missionary  Council,  suc¬ 
cessor  to  the  Edinburgh  Continuation  Committee,  was  organized, 
the  Committee  on  Cooperation  was  represented.  It  was  decided 
there  to  coopt  a  representative  of  Latin  America  for  each  of  the 
meetings  of  this  Council.  The  subject  of  Latin  America  has  been 
presented  afresh  in  summer  conferences  in  this  country,  a  study 
pamphlet  to  aid  in  this  presentation  having  been  issued  by  the  Com¬ 
mittee.  Addresses  and  lecture  courses  on  Latin  America  have  been 
given  in  numerous  church  and  colleges.  Conferences  have  been 
held  with  officers  of  the  Pan-American  Union,  the  Pan-American 
Society,  the  Latin-American  Section  of  the  Department  of  State, 
the  Carnegie  Foundation,  with  publishers  and  journalists,  student 
organizations,  Latin-American  diplomatic  representatives  and  others 
interested  in  the  common  cause.  An  extensive  correspondence  has 
been  carried  on  with  leaders  of  intellectual  life  in  Latin  America. 
Relations  have  been  established  with  North  American  leaders  inter¬ 
ested  in,  the  labor  movement,  the  feminist  movement,  the  temperance 

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movement  and  the  educational  movement,  all  of  which  are  develop¬ 
ing  rapidly  in  Latin  America. 

THE  EDUCATIONAL  SECRETARY 

This  year  the  Educational  Secretary,  acting  on  the  request  of 
the  General  Committee,  has  spent  most  of  the  time  in  Montevideo 
and  Buenos  Aires,  pushing  the  work  of  education  and  general 
cooperation  in  that  field.  He  has  served  as  secretary  for  the  Com¬ 
mittee  on  Cooperation  for  the  River  Plate  region,  with  headquar¬ 
ters  in  Buenos  Aires.  This  Committee  had  almost  ceased  to  func¬ 
tion,  but  Dr.  Browning  has  succeeded  in  reorganizing  it  and  leading 
it  in  important  activities.  He  has  also  organized  the  Christian  work¬ 
ers  of  Uruguay  for  general  cooperative  work  and  for  preparation 
for  the  Congress  to  be  held  at  Montevideo  in  1923. 

Through  the  Educational  Associations  of  Argentina,  Uruguay 
and  Paraguay,  organized  by  the  secretary  several  years  ago,  and  the 
School  Masters’  Club  of  Montevideo,  organized  this  year,  teachers 
have  been  brought  together  to  study  their  problems  and  have  been 
encouraged  to  read  the  best  works  on  education.  Special  help  has 
been  given  to  “Crandon  Institute”  in  its  building  program  in  Monte¬ 
video  and  to  “Colegio  Americano,”  the  union  school  of  Buenos 
Aires,  the  rapid  growth  of  which  requires  increasing  attention. 
Contacts  have  been  maintained  and  enlarged  with  the  intellectuals 
in  various  countries,  addresses  made  at  several  important  gatherings 
for  social  reform,  and  service  rendered  as  interpreter  on  several 
occasions  of  international  importance.  The  manuscript  for  a  book 
on  missions,  “The  Call  of  Latin  America,”  has  been  completed 
during  the  year.  A  pamphlet  on  Ecuador  has  been  published  as 
well  as  articles  in  “The  Hispanic  American  Historical  Review”  and 
in  “The  Missionary  Review  of  the  World.”  The  Educational  Secre¬ 
tary  has  been  at  the  service  of  all  the  different  missions  and  in 
answering  tlteir  calls  has  made  valuable  contributions  to  each  of  them. 

LITERATURE 

From  the  beginning  of  the  work  of  the  Committee  on  Co¬ 
operation,  it  has  been  realized  that  a  major  part  of  its  work  should 
be  on  literature,  both  because  this  is  one  of  the  greatest  needs  of 
Latin  America  and  because  there  are  fewer  complications  involved 
in  united  work.  The  outstanding  developments  in  the  department 
of  literature  this  year  have  been:  the  enlargement  of  the  book 
department  of  La  Nucva  Dcmocracia;  the  beginning  of  a  service 
to  furnish  s(^rmon  material  to  the  Latin  American  pastors ;  and  the 
publication  of  a  Sunday  School  commentary. 

This  department  has  had  a  very  severe  loss  through  the  resig¬ 
nation  of  the  Editorial  Secretary,  Dr.  George  B.  Winton.  Dr.  Ortz 
Gonzales,  as  Spanish  editor,  has  continued  to  render  outstanding 
service  as  editor  of  La  Nueva  Democracia,  as  author  of  sermon 
material  and  of  the  syndicated  articles  sent,  to  the  Spanish  press, 
and  as  joint  author  with  Dr.  Winton  of  the  Sunday  School  Com- 

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mentary.  In  view  of  the  number  of  manuscripts  prepared  by  the 
editorial  department  for  which  no  way  of  publication  has  been 
found,  and  of  the  fact  that  the*  matter  of  publication  is  so  closely 
bound  up  with  that  of  circulation,  the  Executive  Committee  decided 
for  the  present  not  to  seek  a  successor  to  Dr.  Winton,  but  to  place 
the  funds  available  for  the  literature  committee  in  a  revolving  fund 
to  help  stock  evangelical  bookstores  of  Latin  America  and  the  book 
department  of  La  Nueva  Democracia,  and  for  the  purchase  of  parts 
of  editions  from  publishers  who  bring  out  works  desired  by  this 
committee.  After  five  years  of  study  and  experiment,  the  way 
seems  to  have  been  found  by  a  relatively  small  expenditure  of  funds 
to  promote  in  a  very  large  way  the  publication  and  circulation  of 
literature  in  Latin  America.  The  new  road  was  opened  through 
the  above-mentioned  visit  to  Spain,  where  connections  were  made 
with  large  publishing  houses  who  agreed  to  bring  out  books  recom¬ 
mended  and  backed  by  the  Committee.  With  the  wide  contacts 
now  established  with  publishers  in  all  parts  of  the  Spanish-speaking 
world,  it  will  be  possible,  through  this  revolving  fund,  for  the  Com¬ 
mittee  to  act  as  purchasing  agent  for  all  evangelical  bookstores  and 
agents  on  the  field,  keeping  them  stocked  with  the  best  literature 
now  being  produced  in  surprisingly  large  quantities  in  Spain  and 
in  different  parts  of  Latin  America.  Thus  the  literature  which, 
when  produced  on  one  part  of  the  field,  has  heretofore  been  un¬ 
known  to  the  other  part,  will,  both  by  announcement  and  by  credits, 
be  made  available  to  workers  everywhere.  *  Technical  books,  not 
interesting  to  the  general  public  but  of  importance  to  Christian 
workers,  can  be  brought  out  also  by  guaranteeing,  through  the 
revolving  fund,  a  certain  proportion  of  an  edition.  A  leading  pub¬ 
lishing  house  in  Spain  has  already  agreed  to  bring  out  the  Losdick 
series  of  books  without  any  other  help  from  the  Committee  than 
the  translation  of  the  manuscripts.  Other  publishers  have  promised, 
on  the  simple  recommendation  of  the  Committee,  to  publish  books 
of  general  interest  written  by  North  American  leaders  of  thought. 
The  way  seems  to  have  finally  opened,  therefore,  by  simply  enlarging 
and  carefully  administering  this  revolving  fund,  to  render  a  litera¬ 
ture  service  far  beyond  what  has  heretofore  seemed  possible.  While 
the  present  small  fund  has  only  been  at  work  a  few  months,  on  the 
morning  that  this  report  was  written,  there  were  received  in  the 
central  office  orders  for  books  amounting  to  $200.00. 

Probably  the  most  direct  help  that  the  Committee  has  ever 
rendered  to  ministers  is  in  the  issuance  of  sermon  outlines,  carefully 
prepared  for  Latin  American  audiences  by  Dr.  Orts.  These  sermon 
outlines  are  mimeographed  and  sent  once  a  month  to  four  hundred 
and  seventy-five  preachers,  who  have  directly  asked  for  this  aid. 
The  syndicating  of  material  to  the  evangelical  press  and  to  some 
hundred  and  fifty  daily  and  weekly  secular  papers  throughout  Latin 
America  has  also  been  continued  during  the  year.  This  material, 
which  covers  matters’  of  international  friendship,  the  Christian 

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interpretation  of  important  events  and  the  Evangelical  Church’s 
*  attitude  toward  social  movements,  temperance,  etc.,  has  been  used 
in  all  kinds  of  ways,  varying  from  special  articles  in  Sunday  maga¬ 
zine  sections  of  the  large  dailies  to  handy  fillers  for  small  weekly 
publications  in  remote  sections  away  from  all  telegraphic  news. 

The  publication  of  the  monthly  review.  La  Nueva  Dernocracia, 
is  the  most  far-reaching  effort  the  mission  Boards  have  ever  made 
to  reach  the  intellectual  classes  of  Latin  America  with  the  Chris¬ 
tian  message.  The  reception  of  the  magazine,  the  favorable  reaction 
of  its  readers  toward  evangelical  work  and  their  developing  sym¬ 
pathy  toward  the  Gospel  show  that  the  magazine  is  already  pro¬ 
ducing  large  results.  It  is  the  only  publication  in  the  Spanish  lan¬ 
guage  that  seeks  definitely  to  interpret  world  events  from  the 
Christian  standpoint  and  to  discuss  present  economical,  political  and 
social  movements  of  the  world  on  a  genuine  Christian  basis,  which 
shows  that  that  religion  offers  the  only  adequate  solution  of 
these  problems. 

In  personal  conversations  of  the  Secretary  with  the  presidents 
of  six  Latin  American  republics  and  a  large  number  of  cabinet 
members,  the  value  placed  upon  the  magazine  by  such  men  has  been 
revealed.  Missionaries,  who  at  first  failed  to  appreciate  the  review, 
because  it  did  not  seek  to  present  directly  news  of  evangelical  progress 
and  to  advocate  missionary  work,  leaving  that  field  to  the  papers 
published  by  the  missions  themselves,  are  now  coming  to  a  realiza¬ 
tion  of  what  the  magazine  can  do  for  their  work  through  indirect 
methods. 

If  one  ever  has  any  doubts  about  the  great  need  of  a  publica¬ 
tion  like  La  Nueva  De'mocracia  with  its  wide  field  of  service,  a  trip 
to  South  America  will  quickly  dispel  it.  On  the  very  boat  on  which 
a  representative  traveled  from  New  York  to  Peru,  the  first  fruits 
of  the  magazine’s  being  put  on  the  reading  table  were  talks  with  a 
number  of  prominent  South  Americans  on  religious  questions.  On 
a  West  Coast  boat,  where  a  few  French  novels  and  anti-American 
books  were  found  in  one  lone  bookcase.  La  Nueva  Democracia 
created  a  new  atmosphere,  when  placed  on  the  center  table  of  the 
salon.  In  little  out  of  the  way  towns  visited,  where  connection 
with  the  outside  world  is  seldom  had,  the  coming  of  the  magazine 
was  reported  to  be  the  greatest  inspiration  of  the  month.  Even  in 
cities  where  there  is  much  reading  matter,  men  who  are  neither 
Catholic  nor  Protestant  grew  enthusiastic  about  a  publication  which 
is  emphasizing  what  they  themselves  have  come  to  believe  strongly — 
that  only  by  establishing  a  spiritual  basis  of  thought  and  action  will 
the  world  be  able  to  save  itself  from  destruction. 

BOOKS  IN  SPANISH 

The  following  books  have  been  published  in  Spanish,  either 
directly  or  through  translations  of  manuscripts  furnished  by  the 
Literature  Committee  during  1921 : 

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The  Sunday  School  Commentary  for  1922. 

Personal  Elements  in  the  Religious  Life.  Weatherford. 

The  World  Student  Christian  Federation.  Mott. 

Prayer  and  Missions.  Speer. 

The  following  manuscripts  are'  now  ready  for  publication : 

The  Social  Principles  of  Jesus.  Rauschenbusch. 

The  Manhood  of  the  Master.  Fosdick. 

The  Pilgrim  Teacher  Training  Course.  Weigle,  Winchester  and 
Athearn. 

Religious  Education  in  the  Church.  Cope. 

The  Social  Significance  of  the  Teachings  of  Jesus.  Jenks. 

The  Efficient’  Church.  York.  (Now  being  published  in  serial  form 
in  Puerto  Rico  Evangelico.) 

The  Gospel  of  John.  Speer. 

The  publication  of  the  Sunday  School  Commentary  was  under¬ 
taken  by  the  Committee,  after  the  American  Tract  Society,  which 
promised  to  published  it,  had  refused  to  do  so.  Although  the  delay 
left  a  very  brief  time  for  announcing  the  book  before  the  beginning 
of  the  year,  this  commentary  will  probably  have  the  largest  sale 
of  any  yet  published,  a  single  order  from  Buenos  Aires  calling  for 
twelve  hundred  copies. 

This  year  has  been  marked  by  an  enlarged  contribution  of  the 
mission  field  itself  to  Christian  literature.  The  following  books 
have  been  produced,  the  circulation  of  which  is  being  promoted 
by  the  Literature  Committee : 

The  Power  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  Wesley. 

The  Call  to  the  Ministry.  Miller. 

Forty  Years  of  Struggle  (a  biography  of  one  of  the  first  Chilean 
ministers).  Torregrosa. 

PORTUGUESE  LITERATURE 

The  Literature  Secretary  for  Brazil,  Prof.  Erasmo  Braga,  has 
had  the  hearty  cooperation  of  the  Secretary  of  the  World’s  Sunday 
School  Association  of  Brazil,  the  Manager  of  the  Methodist  Press 
and  of  other  important  distributors  of  literature.  The  results  of 
his  work  for  the  year  are  most  worth-while.  The  beginnings  of  a 
library  on  religious  education  have  been  made  by  the  issuance  of 
the  following  books : 

Learning  and  Teaching.  Sheridan  and  White.  (Translated  by  Pro¬ 
fessor  Toledo,  of  the  National  Normal  School.) 

Life  in  Formation.  Barclay  and  others.  (Translated  by  Prof.  Brasil 
Silvado,  of  the  National  Institute  for  the  Deaf.) 

How  to  Organize  the  Sunday  School.  North  and  Cunninggin. 
(Translated  by  Rev.  Jose  Ferraz.) 

The  Sunday  School  in  Action.  John  T.  Faris.  (Translated  by  various 
pastors  of  Brazil.) 

The  following  books  have  also  been  issued  in  Portuguese  or 
are  now  on  the  press: 

Commentaries  on  Matthew  and  Luke.  Ryle. 

The  Meaning  of  Prayer.  Fosdick. 

The  Treatment  of  Doubt,  Drummond. 

The  Life  of  Paul  (reprint).  Stalker. 

The  Aims  of  Practical  Education.  Erasmo  Braga. 

Homiletics.  Burke. 


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The  following  pamphlets  have  also  been  issued : 

On  Temperance. 

Topics  for  Prayer. 

A  Reply  to  the  Archbishop  of  Marianna. 

An  Address  by  Dr.  B.  C.  Almeda. 

The  Secretary  has  also  conducted  a  syndicate  service  through 
which  material  has  been  sent  to  the  secular  and  religious  press  of 
Brazil,  resulting  in  wide  publicity  for  evangelical  work.  He  has 
conducted  a  weekly  column  in  one  of  the  dailies  of  Rio  de  Janeiro 
and  has  written  several  articles  for  important  Brazilian  publications. 

The  Secretary  has  also  prepared  the  manuscript  of  a  Sunday 
School  Commentary  ■  for  1922,  which  will  be  issued  both  in  book 
and  pamphlet  form.  Work  on  the  translation  of  a  Concordance 
and  of  a  Bible  Dictionary  is  now  being  pushed.  An  important  event 
has  been  the  appearance  of  a  quarterly,  “A  Revista  de  Cultura  Reli- 
giosa,”  edited  cooperatively  by  representative,  evangelical  intellec¬ 
tuals  of  different  churches.  In  both  appearance  and  contents,  this 
quarterly  ranks  with  the  best  publications  in  Brazil. 

BOOKSTORES 

Union  bookstores  are  now  being  conducted  in  the  following 
centers :  Mexico  City,  Ponce,  P.  R.,  Havana,  Cuba,  Santiago  de 
Chile  and  Santo  Domingo  City.  Marked  progress  has  been  made  in 
Mexico  City.  The  union  presses  of  Porto  Rico  and  Mexico  have 
both  just  added  linotype  machines  to  their  equipment.  With  the 
development  of  these  union  literature  enterprises,  there  has  arisen 
the  need  for  missionaries  who  are  technically  trained  in  the  matter 
of  producing  and  marketing  Christian  literature.  At  this  present 
moment  there  is  immediate  need  for  four  such  managers  of  literature 
enterprises  in  Latin  America.  With  the  developing  plans  for  new 
union  literature  work  in  Central  America,  Argentina,  and  other 
countries,  others  will  soon  be  needed.  It  is  evident  that  we  should 
be  seeking  diligently  for  such  men. 

The  importance  of  clearing  all  of  the  Christian  publications  in 
Spanish  and  Portuguese  through  the  office  of  the  Committee  on 
Cooperation  in  Latin  America  has  often  been  pointed  out.  Now 
that  the  Committee  is  in  so  much  better  condition  to  promote  the 
circulation  of  all  good  literature,  this  need  should  be  more  than 
ever  kept  in  mind.  It  is  most  unfortunate  to  find  books,  which 
should  be  made  available  in  all  parts  of  the  Evangelical  Church  in 
Latin  America,  confined  to  some  small  area  of  the  field,  and  wholly 
unknown  to  those  in  other  sections,  who  very  often  are  planning  to 
produce  publications  of  the  same  sort. 

THE  EXECUTIVE  OFFICE 

Correspondence,  concerning  all  phases  of  the  work  mentioned 
in  this  report,  is  carried  on  through  the  Executive  Office,  which  has 
had  two  employees  during  the  last  year.  All  kinds  of  inquiries  on 
the  subjects  related  to  Latin  America  have  been  answered.  The 

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routine  work  increases  from  year  to  year  as  the  influence  of  the 
Committee  grows  and  becomes  better  known.  The  minutes  and 
records  of  all  meetings  of  sub-committees  are  prepared,  mimeo¬ 
graphed  and  mailed,  this  year  a  system  having  been  inaugurated 
whereby  people  outside  of  the  Committee,  interested  in  certain  lines 
of  work,  receive  the  minutes  of  meetings  where  discussion  takes 
place  concerning  those  interests.  A  large  number  of  circular  letters, 
reports,  pamphlets  and  literature  of  all  descriptions  helpful  to  the 
missionaries  has  been  mailed  to  the  field.  The  bookkeeping  and 
banking  for  the  Committee  on  Cooperation  in  Latin  America,  for 
La  N'ueva  Democracia,  and  for  the  Board  for  Christian  Work  in 
Santo  Domingo  has  been  handled  in  the  Executive  Office.  The 
typewritten  manuscript  in  Spanish  for  the  Sunday  School  Com¬ 
mentary  for  1922  was  prepared  at  the  office,  which  likewise  has 
cared  for  the  printing  and  buying  of  supplies  for  the  Committee 
and  its  various  enterprises.  It  has  carried  the  office  work  of  the 
Board  for  Christian  Work  in  Santo  Domingo,  and  looked  after  the 
transportation  of  workers  to  the  field.  It  has  filled  and  recorded 
the  photographs  of  the  Committee  for  reference,  making  them 
available  for  illustrating  purposes;  mimeographed  and  circulated  all 
syndicated  press  articles  and  preaching  material  in  Spanish  and 
English ;  aided  in  the  preparation  for  the  Spanish  book  exhibit ; 
prepared  the  manuscript  and  handled  the  printing  of  “South  America 
Today,”  and  looked  after  the  distribution  of  the  publications  of  the 
Committee,  which  are  coming  to  be  considerable.  Meanwhile  the 
files  of  informational  material  have  been  growing,  and  data  are 
being  constantly  revised  to  coincide  with  the  latest  advices  received. 
Maps  and  statistics  for  sub-committee  needs  have  been  prepared  and 
cooperation  furnished  gladly  to  all  members  and  friends  who  have 
requested  assistance. 

The  Executive  Secretary  has  spent  four  months  of  the  year  on 
the  field.  Besides  the  ordinary  program  of  administrative  work  and 
of  public  addresses,  courses  of  lectures  have  been  given  in  Columbia 
University,  Union  Theological  Seminary  and  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary.  Some  twenty-five  articles  have  been  written  for  the  press. 
Two  books  have  been  published.  “Problems  in  Pan-Americanism” 
deals  with  the  development  of  friendly  relations  between  the  peoples 
of  America  from  the  Christian  standpoint.  “South  America*  Today” 
is  a  tracing  of  the  social,  educational  and  religious  conditions,  as 
observed  on  a  recent  trip. 

WEST  INDIES 

World  readjustments  and  economic  difficulties  have  not  failed 
to  have  their  efifect  on  the  West  Indies  along  with  the  rest  of  the 
world.  The  old  proposal  for  European  countries  to  transfer  their 
island  possessions  in  the  West  Indies  to  the  United  States  has  been 
revived,  largely  because  of  the  financial  depression  in  the  islands 
and  in  Europe.  In  mission  matters  this  transfer  of  responsibility 

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is  going  forward.  The  English  Baptists  recently  asked  the  Amer¬ 
ican  Baptist  Home  Missionary  Society  to  share  with  them  the 
responsibility  for  work  in  Jamaica.  The  political  dominance  ot 
the  United  States  in  the  West  Indies  has  been  challenged  ver^ 
sharply  during  the  year.  After  a  general  discussion  of  the  United 
States’  occupation  of  Haiti  and  the  cruelties  of  the  expeditionary 
forces,  the  United  States  Senate  appointed  a  committee  to  investi¬ 
gate  these  charges.  This  committee  is  now  in  Haiti.  The  State 
Department  has  announced  the  impending  withdrawal  of  the  United 
States  military  government  from  Santo  Domingo.  Difficulties  have 
been  encountered,  however,  in  securing  a  satisfactory  agreement 
with  the  Dominican*  people  fo,r  a  continued  supervision  of  their 
affairs.  Much  agitation  over  this  proposal  has  taken  place  in  Santo 
Domingo.  The  republic  continues  to  be  governed  by  the  Navy 
Department  of  the  United  States  Government.  Porto  Ricans  have 
protested  strenuously  against  the  activities  of  Governor  Riley,  who 
was  recently  appointed  to  that  post. 

Industrial  conditions  in  most  of  the  West  Indies  islands  are 
more  than  ever  depressing  and  urge  solution.  Some  economists 
point  out  that  these  tropical  islands  are  the  next  logical  part  of  the 
world  to  be  exploited  by  capitalists.  The  difficult  situation  in  which 
the  population  of  these  crowded  islands  already  find  themselves, 
has  forced  a  large  emigration  to  the  United  States.  There  is  great 
need  of  a  thorough  study  of  the  economic  and  spiritual  problems  of 
this  part  of  the  world.  Practically  no  data  exist  which  are  reliable. 
With  modern  agricultural  inventions  and  the  development  of  sani¬ 
tation,  the  tropics  are  no  longer  uninhabitable  for  the  white  man 
but  may  be  looked  upon  as  an  open  field  for  his  future  activities. 

In  spite  of  these  pressing  industrial  problems,  the  missionary 
societies  of  the  world  have  only  one  adequate  industrial  school, 
the  most  needed  type  of  education,  in  all  of  the  West  Indies.  It  is 
encouraging  to  note,  however,  that  deputations  representing  prac¬ 
tically  all  of  the  mission  Boards  doing  work  in  Porto  Rico  have 
visited  that  island  during  this  year.  A  deputation,  representing  the 
Baptist  Home  Missionary  Society,  has  just  gone  to  Haiti  and  a  depu¬ 
tation  for  Santo  Domingo  is  planning  to  sail  the  middle  of  February. 
There  is  imperative  need  of  much  more  attention  being  given  to  this 
part  of  the  world  by  the  home  missionary  societies  to  which  the 
development  of  the  spiritual  life  of  these  countries  has  been  largely 
committed.  This  will,  no  doubt,  be  brought  about  by  the  holding 
of  a  conference  to  consider  Christian  work  in  the  West  Indies,  Cen¬ 
tral  America  and  Mexico,  which  is  a  proposal  now  before  the  Com¬ 
mittee  on  Cooperation. 

PORTO  RICO 

Cooperation  among  the  Christian  forces  of  Porto  Rico  has,  as 
in  the  past,  produced  splendid  results  during  the  present  year.  The 
Secretary  of  the  Porto  Rican  Evangelical  Union  returned  to  the 

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field,  after  a  brief  furlough  in  the  United  States,  and  is  now  leading 
in  the  movement  “Porto  Rico  for  Christ/’  There  have  been  four 
outstanding  achievements  during  this  past  year. 

First  may  be  mentioned  the  “Porto  Rico  for  Christ”  movement, 
which  is  a  spontaneous  development  among  the  churches  themselves, 
pressing  for  a  deeper  spirit  of  devotion  and  for  emphasis  on  evan¬ 
gelism,  Christian  stewardship,  and  some  form  of  community  work 
for  each  local  church.  In  the  month  of  November,  a  special  effort 
was  made  to  promote  family  worship,  tracts  on  Christian  family 
life  and  on  prayer  being  circulated.  In  December,  special  prayer- 
meetings  are  being  held  and  personal  workers’  classes  organized. 
In  January,  February  and  March  of  1922,  simultaneous  evangelistic 
campaigns  will  be  promoted  in  all  the  churches.  In  April,  the  cam¬ 
paign  will  be  directed  toward  building  up  the  Sunday  Schools  and 
Young  People’s  Societies.  In  May,  stewardship  will  be  stressed; 
and  in  June,  Christian  literature,  including  a  drive  for  subscribers 
to  the  union  evangelical  paper.  Great  enthusiasm  has  been  awakened 
over  this  campaign,  and  reports  indicate  that  already  there  is  quick¬ 
ened  life  among  the  churches. 

The  development  of  the  Evangelical  Seminary  in  this  third 
year  of  its  life  has  been  most  encouraging.  The  enrollment  has 
included  four  Baptists,  three  Congregationalists,  three  Disciples,  six 
Methodists  and  ten  Presbyterians,  a  total  of  twenty-six.  A  corre¬ 
spondence  course  has  been  inaugurated  which  reaches  about  a 
hundred  workers.  The  students  have  carried  out  a  successful  open-air 
evangelistic  campaign,  covering  several  districts  of  the  island.  A  much 
greater  interest  in  the  ministry  has  been  aroused.  Movements  have 
been  inaugurated  for  bringing  students  for  the  ministry  from  the 
Virgin  Islands,  Venezuela,  Santo  Domingo,  and  other  points  in  the 
West  Indies.  The  Seminary  needs  another  professor,  the  imme¬ 
diate  enlargement  of  its  library  and  increased  accommodations. 

The  Porto  Rico  press,  bookstore  and  paper  have  had  a  most 
successful  year.  The  press  is  busy  turning  out  literature  for  the 
“Porto  Rico  for  Christ”  campaign.  A  campaign  for  subscriptions 
for  the  union  paper  had  to  be  stopped,  because  the  press  was  not 
able  to  turn  out  more  papers.  Several  of  the  mission  Boards  have 
come  to  the  rescue,  however,  and  have  made  possible  the  recent 
purchase  of  a  linotype  machine.  The  total  amount  contributed  and 
promised  by  the  mission  Boards  this  year  for  new  equipment  will 
amount  to  nearly  $6,000.  They  are  asked  for  the  same  amount  next 
year.  Thus,  in  time,  the  proposed  fund  of  $45,000,  truly  needed 
for  the  enterprise,  will  be  secured.  The  last  annual  report  of  the 
press  shows  receipts  of  $14,759,  of  which  $5,553  came  from  sub¬ 
scriptions,  $3,240  from  various  other  sources,  and  $4,545  from  con¬ 
tributions  by  mission  Boards  for  the  linotype  machine.  In  the 
book  department,  3,301  books  v/ere  sold  during  the  year.  The  whole 
enterprise  is  practically  self-supporting  in  its  operating  expenses. 
Our  Boards  are  merely  asked  to  supply  a  much  needed  enlargement 

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of  the  equipment  and  a  building  in  which  to  house  these  varied 
literature  activities. 

The  second  annual  interdenominational  summer  assembly  was 
successfully  held  at  San  German  on  the  grounds  of  the  Polytechnic 
Institute.  Dr.  Orts  was  sent  from  the  Committee  on  Cooperation 
as  a  special  lecturer.  He  afterward  toured  the  island,  lecturing  on 
Protestantism,  with  most  favorable  results.  The  assembly  was  well 
attended  and  supported  by  all  of  the  cooperating  denominations. 
Many  feel  that  the  holding  of  these  gatherings  specifically  for  Bible 
study,  inspiration  and  fellowship,  does. more  to  promote  the  spiritual 
unity  of  the  different  missions  than  any  other  agency. 

CUBA 

If  Porto  Rico  is  an  example  of  what  a  secretary  for  inter¬ 
denominational  work  can  do,  when  giving  his  whole  time  to  the 
task,  Cuba  shows  how  cooperation  suffers  for  the  lack  of  such  a  secre¬ 
tary.  Since  the  resignation  of  Rev.  Sylvester  Jones,  more  than 
two  years  ago,  the  work  so  splendidly  begun  under  his  direction 
has  been  neglected.  The  securing  of  another  secretary  has  been 
before  the  Committee,  but  up  to  the  present  time  the  right  man 
has  not  been  found.  The  Committee  of  Conference  in  Cuba,  how¬ 
ever,  has  done  some  splendid  work.  The  evangelical  bookstore  has 
been  continued,  although  the  small  store  rented  in  the  central  part 
of  the  city  has  been  closed.  Its  stock  is  now  kept  in  the  Young- 
Men’s  Christian  Association  building.  There  is  no  greater  need 
than  the  enlargement  of  this  bookstore  and  its  location  in  a  promi¬ 
nent  center.  Experience  has  already  shown  what  a  far-reaching 
work  it  may  do  with  the  proper  support.  It  is  hoped  that  the  Boards 
will  not  allow  another  year  to  pass  without  the  opening  of  a 
representative  literature  center  in  the  heart  of  Havana. 

The  second  interdenominational  summer  assembly  was  held  last 
year  at  Sancti  Spiritus.  Dr.  R.  M.  Vaughan,  of  Newton  Theologi¬ 
cal  Institute,  was  for  the  second  time  the  acceptable  special  lecturer 
from  the  North.  His  services  were  secured  by  the  Committee  on 
the  West  Indies,  the  Baptist  Board  generously  providing  for  his 
expenses.  It  was  voted  to  hold  the  third  summer  assembly  on  the 
grounds  of  the  Baptist  College  at  El  Cristo  in  the  eastern  part  of 
the  island. 

The  union  paper  has  been  continued  with  success.  The  Pres¬ 
byterians  have  opened  a  theological  seminary  in  the  city  of  Car¬ 
denas.  They  are  anxious  to  make  ‘this  a  union  seminary  and  it  is 
hoped  that  other  Boards  ihay  enter  into  the  project. 

SANTO  DOMINGO 

The  Board  for  Christian  Work  in  Santo  Domingo  has-  been 
fully  organized  this  year  with  ten  trustees,  representing  the  gen¬ 
eral  and  women’s  home  mission  societies  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  the  general  and  women’s  home  mission  societies  of  the 

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Presbyterian  Church,  U.  S.  A.,  and  the  Foreign  Mission  Board  of 
the  United  Brethren  in  Christ.  At  the  beginning  of  the  year  the 
new  mission  building,  purchased  for  $50,000,  located  in  the  heart 
of  the  city  of  Santo  Domingo,  was  opened.  This  building  furnishes 
an  auditorium  for  the  church  work,  rooms  for  social  work,  a  room 
for  the  bookstore  and  a  residence  for  some  of  the  workers.  By 
beginning  the  work  with  this  splendid  building,  a  good  impression 
has  been  made  upon  the  city  at  large.  Across  the  street  from  this 
building,  there  was  located  a  private  hospital.  The  evangelical 
churches  of  Porto  Rico,  who  have  long  been  interested  in  Santo 
Domingo,  offered  to  purchase  the  equipment  and  lease  of  this  hos¬ 
pital  for  the  Santo  Domingo  work.  This  has  been  done  and  a 
North  American  physician,  with  experience  in  Porto  Rico,  has  been 
placed  in  charge  of  the  hospital.  Two  North  American  nurses 
have  been  sent  recently  to  his  aid.  Even  before  these  nurses  arrived. 
Dr.  Taylor  had  treated  in  one  month  903  patients  in  the  dispensary. 
A  nurses’  training  school  and  district  nursing  work  are  planned  for 
the  coming  year. 

Three  of  the  best  trained  Porto  Rican  ministers  are  now  con¬ 
ducting  successful  evangelistic  work  in  Santo  Domingo  City,  San 
Pedro  de  Macoris  and  La  Romana.  The  beginnings  of  an  institu¬ 
tional  work  have  been*  made  in  the  central  building  in  Santo  Domingo 
City.  The  budget  for  this  last  year  has  been  $80,000,  all  of  which 
has  been  carried  by  the  Boards  named  above  and  administered  by 
the  union  organization.  There  are  now  eight  workers  on  the  field, 
not  counting  wives.  The  following  denominations  are  represented 
by  these  workers,  which  shows  that  it  is  a  real  union  development: 
Baptist,  Episcopal,  Methodist,  Presbyterian  and  United  Brethren. 

The  plans  for  the  near  future  contemplate  a  concentration  on 
the  building  up  of  several  outstanding  institutions  in  the  important 
centers.  This  next  year  it  is  hoped  to  open  an  industrial  school  and 
to  erect  a  building  for  the  hospital.  The  board  is  now  looking  for  a 
superintendent,  whose  acquaintance  with  social,  evangelistic  and 
educational  work  will  make  him  capable  of  administering  the  whole 
enterprise  on  the  island. 

HAITI 

The  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society  has  accepted  the 
allocation  of  Haiti  as  its  field  by  the  Committee  on  the  West  Indies. 
It  has  not  found  it  possible  to  begin  work  during  this  past  year. 
At  the  time  this  report  is  being  presented  -a  special  deputation  from 
the  Board  is  on  the  island,  having  sailed  December  30th.  It  is 
considering  educational  work  to  provide  leaders  for  the  enlargement 
of  missionary  work  already  sponsored  by  Jamaican  Baptists.  The 
Society  seeks  to  provide  an  institution  that  shall  be  not  simply  a 
training  school  for  ministers,  but  shall  prepare  young  people  for 
leadership  in  all  departments  of  life. 

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The  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  the  Honoral^le  Edwin  Denby,  in 
turning  his  attention  to  Haiti  recently,  made  the  following  observa¬ 
tion  about  the  necessity  of  Christian  work  in  that  neglected  island : 

“It  is  my  opinion  that  the  missionary  societies  and  churches 
of  the  United  States  could  not  do  better  than  to  send  representa¬ 
tives  to  that  field.  They  would  not  alone  be  conferring  benefits  upon 
the  people  of  Haiti,  but  their  kindly  ofifices  should  do  much  toward 
bringing  about  a  friendly  feeling  between  the  people  of  that  country 
and  the  United  States.  We  have  a  great  and  very  practical  interest 
in  its  condition  and  are  vitally  concerned  with  its  relations  to  the 
United  States.  Whatever  can  be  done  toward  encouraging  friendly 
feeling  among  the  people  of  Haiti  toward  us  should  be  done  and 
the  churches  and  missionaries  socities  in  my  opinion  can  be  of  very 
material  assistance.” 

MEXICO 

Investment  in  cooperation  in  Mexico  is  larger  than  that  in  any 
of  the  other  countries,  by  reason  of  the  extensive  program,  adopted 
five  years  ago,  and  now  carried  to  a  successful  conclusion.  Because 
of  the  many-sidedness  of  this  program,  the  missionaries  in  Mexico 
have  insisted  on  their  need  of  a  secretary  for  cooperation.  One 
was  employed  last  year,  but  unfortunately  had  to  resign  on  account 
of  sickness  in  his  family.  This  past  year  the  Rev.  Jasper  T.  Moses 
was  appointed  as  manager  of  the  press  and  given  also  the  work  of 
the  Secretary  of  the  Committee  on  Cooperation  in  Mexico,  until  a 
suitable  person'  could  be  found  for  that  position.  The  sudden  death 
of  Mr.  Moses,  a  few  months  after  he  had  gone  to  his  post  and 
when  he  was  in  the  midst  of  carrying  out  a  splendid  program  for  the 
union  press,  was  a  great  blow  to  the  work.  Fortunately,  Professor 
Andres  Osuna,  one  of  the  best  known  educationists  in  Mexico,  who 
has  also  had  wide  experience  in  administration,  agreed  to  take  the 
management  of  the  press.  During  the  last  few  months,  he  has  re¬ 
organized  the  press  and  the  bookstore  and  conducted  a  campaign 
for  subscriptions  for  the  union  paper,  El  Mundo  Cristiano.  He  now 
has  plans  which  will  make  the  union  press  one  of  the  most  useful 
organizations  in  all  Latin  America.  The  press  has  recently  been 
incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Mexico.  Its  business  is  now  run¬ 
ning  smoothly  and  is  most  worthy  of  the  hearty  support  of  the 
mission  Boards.  The  equipment  of  the  press  must  be  enlarged  and 
its  work  concentrated  in  one  building.  At  present  the  bookstore  is  in 
one  part  of  the  city,  the  office  in  another  and  the  press  in  still  an¬ 
other,  which  works  greatly  to  the  disadvantage  of  efficiency.  The 
work  of  the  bookstore  has  been  recently  broadened  and  a  much 
larger  stock  of  books  added,  so  that  it  is  now  becoming  an  important 
distributor  of  good  literature  in  the  City  of  Mexico,  standing  well 
in  the  community  at  large. 

The  Union  Theological  Seminary  continues  to  be  a  most  satis¬ 
factory  cooperative  enterprise,  with  seven  Boards  heartily  support- 

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ing  the  institution,  and  with  its  influence  permeating  all  of  the  evan- 
gelical  life  of  the  country.  This  year  has  seen  the  revival  of  the 
interdenominational  convention,  the  one  held  at  Chihuahua  in  July 
being  a  most  important  contribution  to  the  life  of  the  Mexican 
Church.  In  connection  with  it  an  extensive  campaign  for  prohibi¬ 
tion  was  held  in  Chihuahua.  Other  temperance  work  has  been 
carried  on  by  Mr.  Moses  and  Mr.  Osuna,  aided  by  contributions 
from  temperance  organizations  of  the  United  States.  The  prohibi¬ 
tion  sentiment  in  Mexico  is  growing  rapidly.  With  proper  support 
the  Committee  on  Cooperation  in  Mexico  could  do  very  large  things 
for  temperance  during  the  next  year  or  two. 

That  Committee  has  also  had  under  its  direction  the  expenditure 
of  small  funds  furnished  by  the  International  Sunday  School  Asso¬ 
ciation  and  by  the  United  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor.  In  fact, 
all  of  the  various  union  enterprises  have  been  carried  on  under  the 
general  direction  of  the  Committee  on  Cooperation  in  Mexico. 
There  are  so  many  of  these  enterprises  that  it  is  easy  to  see  the 
necessity  of  having  an  Executive  Secretary  to  look  after  them. 

The  division  of  territory,  as  carried  out  by  the  mission  Boards, 
is  giving  excellent  results.  Some  questions  have  arisen  when  new 
missions  went  into  territory  where  the  national  Churches  were 
strong  and  had  decided  to  maintain  their  independence.  The  Com¬ 
mittee  on  Cooperation  in  Mexico  has  been  working  on  this  problem 
and  should  receive  the  sympathetic  help  of  the  mission  Boards  in 
its  solution. 

Protestantism  in  Mexico  has  been  more  universally  recognized 
this  year  than  ever  before.  The  national  government  has  taken 
several  opportunities  publicly  to  recognize  the  work.  It  asked  the 
Evangelicals  to  take  part  in  the  Centennial  celebration  and  furnished 
them  with  an  auditorium  for  their  ceremonies.  President  Obregon 
has  contributed  to  the  Young  Men’s  Christian  Association,  and  the 
members  of  his  Cabinet  have  recognized  in  various  ways  the  im¬ 
portance  of  the  work  of  Protestantism.  Foreign  correspondents 
have  cabled  long  dispatches  to  their  newspapers  in  other  parts  of  the 
world  concerning  the  good  work  done  by  the  missionaries,  and  the 
native  press  has  made  generous  reference  to  the  same.  The  doors 
of  opportunity  were  never  more  widely  open  than  at  present. 

The  following  may  be  mentioned  as  the  outstanding  needs  for 
united  work  for  the  next  year:  a  larger  equipment  of  the  union 
press;  the  purchase  of  a  permanent  site  for  the  Union  Seminary; 
a  practical  beginning  on  the  plans  for  the  union  university  in  the 
City  of  Mexico;  the  securing  of  an  Executive  Secretary  for  the 
Committee  on  Cooperation  in  Mexico  to  coordinate  and  push  a 
larger  program  for  temperance,  for  Sunday  School  work,  for  young 
people’s  work,  for  the  annual  convention  of  evangelical  workers  and 
for  educational  work,  pending  the  appointment  of  a  secretary  for 
education,  which  has  been  urged  for  some  time. 

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BRAZIL 


Brazil  was  one  of  the  last  countries  to  get  its  Committee  on 
Cooperation  organized,  but  its  Committee  has  come  to  be  one  of 
the  first  in  efficiency.  This  is,  no  doubt,  due  largely  to  its  choice  of 
a  secretary,  Professor  Erasmo  Braga.  At  first  Professor  Braga 
was  appointed  for  literary  work  only,  but  this  year  he  has  been 
elected  Executive  Secretary  of  the  general  committee.  He  has 
had  the  hearty  cooperation  of  Rev.  Herbert  S.  Harris,  Secretary  of 
the  World’s  Sunday  School  Association  in  Brazil.  ,  They,  with  the 
General  Secretary  for  Brazil  of  the  Young  Men’s  Christian  Asso¬ 
ciation,  have  opened  an  office  in  Rio  de  Janeiro,  which  has  become 
the  center  of  cooperative  work  for  Brazil. 

The  following  are  some  of  the  outstanding  developments  of 
cooperation  in  Brazil,  with  the  exception  of  the  literature  work, 
which  has  been  reported  above,  under  the  head  of  Literature.  First 
is  the  opening  of  a  rest  home  for  missionaries  and  friends  of  evan¬ 
gelical  work.  This  home  was  begun  YQry  modestly,  but,  no  doubt, 
will  receive  large  support  in  the  future.  Its  opening  is  due  entirely 
to  the  activities  of  the  workers  in  Brazil.  Dr.  Allyn  has  been  re¬ 
leased  by  the  Southern  Presbyterian  Board  to  superintend  this  work 
and  a  building  has  been  recently  rented  in  Caxambu.  The  Brazilian 
workers  have  faced  the  Indian  problem  very  seriously  this  year. 
It  has  appointed  a  committee  which  has  drawn  up  a  constitution 
providing  for  a  union  work  among  the  Indians.  They  have  been 
invited  into  conference  with  the  Indian  Department  of  the  Brazilian 
Government  and  are  receiving  every  encouragement  from  the  offi¬ 
cials.  The  National  Government  has  requested  the  Committee  to 
act  as  its  agent  in  securing  statistics  of  Protestantism  in  Brazil.  In 
its  published  reports,  it  has  commended  the  Evangelicals  for  their 
help  in  the  gathering  of  statistics,  as  contrasted  with  the  way  the 
Roman  Catholics  seek  to  prevent  the  securing  of  facts. 

The  Union  Theological  Seminary  has  been  carried  on  this  year 
in  the  People’s  Institute  of  Rio  de  Janeiro.  The  classes  have  been 
largely  held  in  the  evening.  Thirteen  students,  some  of  them  already 
distinguished  in  Brazilian  life,  have  followed  the  courses.  An  un¬ 
fortunate  division  of  opinion  has  developed  concerning  the  perma¬ 
nent  location  of  the  Seminary.  Until  this  is  settled,  the  work  will 
be  greatly  hampered.  The  University  Federation,  which  acts  as  the 
Committee  on  Education  for  Brazil,  held  a  meeting  this  year  at 
Granbery  College,  which  took  the  form  of  an  institute  for  teachers. 
It  also  faced  the  question  of  the  attitude  of  evangelical  schools 
toward  a  reactionary  movement  in  national  education,  which  threat¬ 
ened  to  limit  these  schools  in  their  activities.  Prof.  Braga  was  asked 
to  give  some  of  his  time  to  working  out  these  problems  with  the 
Government.  He  has  accomplished  a  good  deal  toward  clearing  up 
the  situation.  With  the  President  of  Mackenzie  College,  he  has 
about  secured  the  recognition  of  the  diplomas  of  that  institution  by 
the  Government. 


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The  annual  meeting  of  the  Committee  on  Cooperation  in  Brazil 
this  year  was  the  most  satisfactory  ever  held.  It  passed  the  follow¬ 
ing  general  resolutions:  (1)  To  require  organizations  appointing 
delegates  to  the  Committee,  to  have  a  national  or  international  or¬ 
ganization.  (2)  To  overture  the  Lutheran  churches  in  Brazil  for 
closer  relationship.  (3)  To  recommend  to  the  church  councils,  the 
plan  for  the  federation  of  the  native  churches,  as  amended  by  the 
Committee.  (4)  To  express  to  the  Comniittee  in  New  York  its 
opinion  that  another  Congress  on  Christian  work  in  Latin  America, 
to  study  the  problems  of  cooperation  and  to  bring  up  to  date  the  data 
collected  in  1916,  will  be  highly  desirable.  (5)  To  express  heart¬ 
felt  thankfulness  to  God  for  the  cordial  spirit  of  work  and  com¬ 
radeship  prevailing  at  the  meeting.  (6)  To  authorize  the  Executive 
Sub-Committee  to  cooperate  with  the  ministerial  association  of  Rio 
in  any  steps  to  be  taken  to  ask  the  National  Government  to  make  an 
inquiry  into  the  missionary  work  of  Protestant  churches  in  Brazil, 
in  reply  to  recent  accusations  made  by  Roman  Catholic  bishops. 

LA  PLATA  REGION 

The  Committee  of  Cooperation  for  the  River  Plate  Region  has 
been  reorganized  under  the  leadership  of  Dr.  W.  E.  Browning,  who 
has  served  as  its  Executive  vSecretary-.  during  the  last  half  of  the 
year,  in  connection  with  his  work  as  Educational  Secretary  of  the 
general  committee.  Sub-committees  have  been  appointed  and  several 
important  movements  started,  including  preparations  for  a  conference 
of  all  the  workers  preliminary  to  the  general  Congress  for  South 
America  proposed  for  Montevideo  in  1923.  A  number  of  important 
interdenominational  conventions  have  been  held  in  Argentina  this 
year,  including  that  of  the  Evangelical  Teachers’  Association,  of  the 
League  of  Evangelical  Women  and  of  the  Sunday  School  Association. 
In  connection  with  these  conventions  a  large  amount  of  interde¬ 
nominational  work  had  to  be  done.  Rev.  George  P.  Howard, 
Secretary  of  the  World’s  Sunday  School  Association,  has  had  one 
of  his  most  encouraging  years. 

The  two  union  schools,  conducted  by  the  Methodists  and  the 
Disciples,  the  Colegio  Americano,  for  boys,  and  the  theological 
school,  have  both  had  good  sessions  this  year.  These  two  Boards 
have  also  approved  the  opening  of  a  training  school  for  women. 
The  most  important  step  has  been  in  connection  with  the  opening  of 
a  union  bookstore  in  the  city  of  Buenos  Aires.  The  plan,  as  ap¬ 
proved  by  the  Committee  on  Cooperation,  calls  for  a  store  in  the 
center  of  the  city  with  a  capital  of  $60,000  (Arg.),  distributed  as 
follows :  Methodist  Episcopal  Mission,  $20,000 ;  Disciples  of  Christ, 
$9,000;  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  $6,000;  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  $6,000;  the 
American  Bible  Society,  $3,000;  other  organizations,  $16,000.  This 
next  year  should  see  the  opening  of  this  bookstore,  which  has  long 
been  needed  in  the  largest  city  of  Latin  America. 

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CHILE 

Chile,  always  noteworthy  for  its  cooperation  among  Christian 
forces,  has  this  year  become  the  center  of  a  number  of  important 
developments.  Both  the  Presbyterian  and  the  Methodist  Missions 
have  set  aside  a  director  for  their  forward  movements,  carrying  the 
aims  of  those  movements  in  the  United  States  down  to  the  churches 
in  Chile.  This  has  brought  remarkable  results  in  self-support,  in¬ 
creased  spiritual  life  and  general  activity  among  Chilean  churches. 
The  directors  of  these  two  denominational  forward  movements  have 
worked  so  closely  together  that  the  movements  have  done  as  much 
for  a  general  spirit  of  unity  as  they  have  for  strengthening  the  in¬ 
dividual  churches.  The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  has  also 
located  this  year  in  Santiago  two  other  general  officers,  one  for 
Sunday  School  work  and  the  other  for  social  work.  These  have 
generously  given  their  time  to  all  of  the  churches  and  are  therefore 
contributing  to  the  spirit,  of  unity.  These  officers  all  headquarter  at 
one  of  the  downtown  buildings,  which  has  become  quite  a  center  for 
all  interested  in  social  and  religious  work.  Moreover,  the  downtown 
bookstore,  maintained  by  the  Methodists  and  Presbyterians,  is  also 
the  office  of  the  editor  of  the  union  paper.  Thus  it  can  be  seen  that 
the  city  of  Santiago  has  prominently  before  it  the  evangelical  Church 
and  its  union  spirit. 

The  union  seminary  and  the  union  paper  have  both  had  a  good 
year.  The  Social  Service  Committee  of  the  Committee  on  Coopera¬ 
tion  in  Chile  is  studying  ways  to  help  solve  the  critical  economic 
problems  now  pressing  on  every  hand.  When  they  printed  a  trans¬ 
lation  of  the  social  creed,  adopted  by  the  Federal  Council  of  Churches, 
the  president  of  the  Republic  asked  for  several  hundred  copies  for 
distribution.  The  evangelical  forces  have  taken  a  prominent  part  in 
the  temperance  campaign,  which  has  developed  very  rapidly  in  Chile 
this  last  year.  Further  plans  for  federated  educational  work  by  the 
missions  now  call  for  a  normal  school  in  Valparaiso,  supported  by 
the  Presbyterians,  a  tra’ining  school  for  nurses  and  women  Bible 
workers  in  Santiago,  supported  by  the  Methodists,  and  the  use  of 
the  boys’  school  in  Concepcion  as  a  preparatory  school  for  the  Union 
Seminary  in  Santiago. 

Regional  Committees  in  other  countries  have  no  doubt  con¬ 
tributed  to  cooperation  in  their  respective  fields,  but  sufficient  in¬ 
formation  is  not  at  hand  to  make  a  statement  concerning  their 

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activities. 

SPECIAL  FUNDS 

The  Christian  Literature  Fund.  Some  three  years  ago  the 
Mission  Boards  working  in  Latin  America  approved  a  special  fund 
of  $1,200,000  for  the  production  and  distribution  of  Christian  litera¬ 
ture  in  the  Spanish  and  Portuguese  speaking  world.  Recent 
financial  difficulties  within  the  Boards  have  caused  this  program  to 
be  laid  aside.  The  development  of  the  possibilities  of  cooperation 
with  publishers  in  Spain  has  also  shown  that  some  parts  of  this  fund 

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will  not  be  necessary.  However,  it  is  very  clear  that  we  can  never 
do  what  should  be  done  for  the  production  and  distribution  of 
Christian  literature  in  these  countries  without  a  large  literature  fund. 
This  matter  should  be  kept  before  us  continually. 

A  Fund  for  Apologetic  Lecturers.  Such  a  fund  was  also  ap¬ 
proved  three  years  ago.  It  is  as  necessary  today  as  ever.  In  fact, 
with  the  open-mindedness  of  the  Latin  Americans  today  and  the 
evident  turn  toward  things  spiritual,  such  a  fund  to  employ  both 
foreign  and  native  lecturers  and  evangelists  to  give  public  addresses 
in  schools,  colleges,  theaters,  clubs  and  labor  organizations,  is 
absolutely  necessary,  if  the  people  in  large  numbers  are  to  be  reached. 

A  Fund  for  Conference  Centers.  Summer  Conferences  which 
have  done  so  much  for  the  development  of  spiritual  life  for  Chris¬ 
tians  in  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  have  recently  been 
started  in  a  small  way  in  Cuba,  Porto  Rico  and  Chile.  The  results 
already  are  most  gratifying.  Both  for  the  spiritual  and  physical 
health  of  Christian  workers  in  Latin  America,  such  centers,  con¬ 
taining  rest  homes  as  well  as  equipment  for  conference  and  summer 
schools,  should  be  developed  in  every  large  Latin  American  area. 

THE  PROPOSED  GATHERINGS  IN  MONTEVIDEO  AND 

MEXICO  CITY 

Conditions  have  shifted  rapidly  both  in  the  evangelical  work 
and  in  general  in  Latin  America  since  the  holding  of  the  Panama 
Congress  in  1916.  Indications  have  come  from  various  sources, 
both  in  Latin  America  and  the  United  States,  that  the  time  has  come 
to  face  up  to  these  new  conditions.  The  Executive  Committee  has 
therefore  appointed  committees  to  report  to  this  annual  meeting  con¬ 
cerning  the  holding  of  two  gatherings,  one  probably  for  South 
America  in  Montevideo  in  February  of  1923,  and  the  other  for  the 
regions  north  of  Panama  in  Mexico  City  one  year  later. 

They  will  face  up  to  the  duty  of  Evangelical  Christianity  before 
the  revolt  against  political  and  social  conservatism  seen  especially  in 
all  the  southern  republics.  This  revolt  has  some  extraordinary  phases. 
As  in  China,  students  are  finding  themselves  as  a  social  and  political 
factor.  They  are  often  foolish,  in  aims  and  methods,  after  the 
manner  of  youth,  but  their  influence  is  extraordinary.  Lately  they 
have  taken  to  joining  forces  with  the  labor  unions.  These  unions 
have  grown  very  rapidly.  They  are  often  decidedly  radical,  and  some 
of  the  results  of  this  pooling  of  interests  is  startling.  Both  the 
students  and  the  unions  are  compactly  organized;  usually  they  con¬ 
centrate  on  some  concrete  objective.  The  vigor  of  their  organized 
movements  is  such  that  they  are  able  to  bring  about  compliance  with 
their  demands.  In  one  or  two  of  the  South  American  republics  the 
governments,  local  and  general,  are  in  open  fear  of  what  these  new 
crusaders  may  do.  Already  the  students  are  electing  the  faculties 
and  laying  out  the  courses  of  study  for  the  schools.  The  women,  too, 
are  partaking  of  this  new  freedom. 

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Not  unrelated  to  this  radicalism  is  the  demand  of  the  intellectuals 
and  of  the  public  generally  for  fresh  information  concerning  the 
modern  world.  They  are  weary  of  erotic  French  fiction,  on  the  one 
hand,  and  of  standardized  and  rather  antiquated  philosophy  and 
theology,  on  the  other  hand.  The  hostility  of  their  theologians  toward 
modern  science  has  held  back  the  type  of  sociological,  pedagogical 
and  humanitarian  studies  now  so  general  in  most  of  the  world.  If 
these  people  are  to  be  saved  to  Christianity,  its  friends  must  find  ways 
to  show  them  the  possibility  of  accepting  modern  views  of  science, 
sociology,  ethics,  physics  and  the  rest,  without  surrendering  the 
Christian  faith.  But  right  theory  is  not  enough.  The  way  must  be 
shown  into  a  real  service  for  themselves  and  humanity.  To  this 
task  the  members  of  the  Committee  on  Cooperation  must  address 
themselves.  It  is  made  easier  by  the  open-mindedness  characteristic 
today  of  all  Latin  America. 

William  I.  Haven, 
Acting  Chairman. 

Samuel  G.  Inman, 

Executive  Secretary, 

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